Wednesday, September 14, 2011

2002 Ford Escape hesitates to start every great once in a while, any guesses what it might be?

Every great once in a while -- like once every couple of months or so, my '02 Ford Escape doesn't want to turn over. When it happens I have to hold the key on and let it crank for 30 seconds or so and then it will turn over. One of my guesses is, it might be doing this after sitting in direct sun for several hours, but I'm not sure.





Is there anything that Escape's are notorious for, that might be causing this? Any speculations what it might be?





I know I should take it to a garage -- but since it happens so sporadically I forget about it -- and more than likely the garage won't be able to duplicate the problem.|||Try this... Turn the key to the "ON" position....wait 30 seconds...then fire it up....


Fuel injection is a high fuel pressure system.


Somehow after the vehicle sits a while the fuel system will lose pressure causing the motor to crank longer to build up the necessary pressure to deliver adequate fuel to the motor.


Turning on the key also turns on the electric fuel pump in your gas tank creating the necessary pressure. It should fire up much quicker! Try it...... Also getting the fuel filter changed wouldn't hurt anything either! Good Luck!|||That's a symptom of a flooded engine, meaning gas has been dripping from one or more of your fuel injectors into the engine when it's parked in the hot sun. To verify that diagnosis, the next time it happens, immediately hold the accelerator pedal all the way to the floor and crank the engine for 8 seconds at a time with a short rest between successive cranking. This commands your computer to stop injecting anymore gas into the engine and forces your throttle plate wide open to let as much air as possible into the engine. If this helps it start sooner, have a shop technician connect a fuel pressure gauge to the engine and see if the fuel pressure is bleeding down too rapidly when the engine is shut down and the car parked.|||i know exactly what it is actually. its a rare condition called forditis, that affects about 80% of ford vehicles, and many chryslers too.


the remedy for this is usually trading it in at a fraction of what you paid for it, and getting a toyota or a honda that you can sell for a decent amount of money in a few years. not that you would want to sell it tho, since itll prolly keep you quite happy.





other than that, if youre trying to turn it over and it wont start for a long time, its likely something in the fuel delivery system.


fule pump, fuel filter, fuel relay, something clogged, whatever it is may eventually get worse and id say wait until it absolutely refuses to start on you before you take it in, or they may not be able to do anything if the problem wont duplicate.

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